Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), who attended the go to with Zelenskyy and faces a aggressive reelection this fall, stated in a submit on social community X on Wednesday that: “Makes an attempt to smear [Zelenskyy’s] go to to our Commonwealth are an insult and a shame.”
The letter from Johnson marks the most recent political fallout from Sunday’s go to, which sparked GOP anger throughout the Capitol.
Home Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) launched his personal investigation into the go to earlier Wednesday, whereas two senior Senate Republicans urged Zelenskyy to remain out of U.S. home politics.
Zelenskyy is because of be on Capitol Hill for conferences on Thursday, together with with Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), rating member of the Overseas Affairs Committee, amongst others. There’s presently no deliberate assembly with Johnson.
Veronika Melkozerova contributed to this report.
